126 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



CABBAGE (Early, or Summer). 

 French, Choupomme. German, Kopfskohl. Spanish, Col. 



EARLY YORK. WAKEFIELD. KNIGHT'S EARLY. LARGE YORK. 

 OX-HEART. EMPEROR, ETC., ETC. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Set the plants twelve or fifteen inches apart, in rows eight- 

 een inches to two feet wide, in rich soil, and hoe often and 

 deeply. 



Time : at the North sow in September, or in hot bed last of 

 February or first of March ; set out in the last half of April. 



In New York, in ordinary seasons, set out a little earlier, 

 particularly fall- sown plants. At the South sow and set out 

 from November to March. 



It would not bfc worth while to enumerate the varieties of 

 cabbage : their names are very indefinite ; new varieties or sub- 

 varieties being so readily obtained that there seems no limit to 

 the possible number ; and, as new names sometimes sell old 

 books, so old varieties of vegetables are sometimes found under 

 new designations for the same end, or novelty is attained by a 

 very slight variation. But, by whatever names they may be 

 called, four or five kinds will fill up the season's course, and 

 complete the necessary supply of this vegetable for a family. 



1. Early York, or any early cabbage, "Wakefield, Knight's, 

 etc., should be sown in September or October, and when about 

 two inches high transplanted into a pit or cold bed about two 

 inches apart for wintering ; or they may be sown in a hot bed 

 in the latter half of February or former part of March, and, 

 after being hardened by gradual exposure in the beginning of 

 April, may be set out at any time after the middle of that 

 month in rows eighteen inches to two feet wide, at a distance 

 of twelve or fifteen inches in the rows. Plants that have been 

 wintered may be set out rather earlier than hot-bed plants, and 

 will usually come off in time to sow turnips for winter use 

 upon the ground they occupied. 



2. The large York, or ox-heart, or any second cabbage, may 



